NAME

     ck_epoch_recycle — return an epoch record that may be used by caller

LIBRARY

     Concurrency Kit (libck, -lck)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <ck_epoch.h>

     ck_epoch_record_t *
     ck_epoch_recycle(ck_epoch_t *epoch);

DESCRIPTION

     The ck_epoch_recycle(3) function attempts to return an unused epoch record object for use by
     the caller. These epoch records were associated with previous calls to the
     ck_epoch_unregister(3) function.

EXAMPLE

           #include <ck_epoch.h>
           #include <stdlib.h>

           /*
            * epoch was previously initialized with ck_epoch_init.
            */
           ck_epoch_t *epoch;

           void
           function(void)
           {
                   ck_epoch_record_t *record;

                   record = ck_epoch_recycle(&epoch);
                   if (record == NULL) {
                           record = malloc(sizeof *record);
                           if (record == NULL)
                                   return;

                           ck_epoch_register(&epoch, record);
                   }

                   /*
                    * After we are done, we will unregister the record so it
                    * can be used by other new participants in the epoch system
                    * provided by the object pointed to by "epoch".
                    */
                   ck_epoch_unregister(&epoch, record);
                   return;
           }

RETURN VALUES

     This function returns a pointer to a ck_epoch_record_t object. If no unused record was found
     to be associated with the object pointed to by epoch, then the function will return NULL.

ERRORS

     Behavior is undefined if the object pointed to by epoch is not a valid epoch object.

SEE ALSO

     ck_epoch_init(3), ck_epoch_register(3), ck_epoch_unregister(3), ck_epoch_poll(3),
     ck_epoch_synchronize(3), ck_epoch_reclaim(3), ck_epoch_barrier(3), ck_epoch_call(3),
     ck_epoch_begin(3), ck_epoch_end(3)

     Additional information available at http://concurrencykit.org/

                                        September 2, 2012